King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H942
Transliteration: Bavvai
Phonetic Spelling: (bav-vah'ee)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: an Israelite
Meaning: Bavvai -- an Israelite
Word Summary
Bavvai: an Israelite
Original Word: בּוּיTransliteration: Bavvai
Phonetic Spelling: (bav-vah'ee)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: an Israelite
Meaning: Bavvai -- an Israelite
Strong's Concordance
Bavai Probably of Persian origin; Bavvai, an Israelite -- Bavai.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H942. Bavvai
בַּוַּי proper name, masculine a Jew of Nehemiah's time Nehemiah 3:18 = בִּנּוּי 3:24 which probably read also 3:18 (ᵐ5 Βεδει, Βενει, Βεζερ); cf, further SmListen 12.